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Volume 72, No. 4 • 2012
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
Oklahoma
Geology Notes
Gene Kullmann, Vyetta Jordan, and Jonathan Green, OGS Staff
If you have not been to OPIC in a while, you will be pleas-antly
surprised. The new climate controlled layout area
with improved lighting that was designed to make core
viewing a more enjoyable experience is now available for
customers. Wi-Fi has been added, helping customers keep
in touch with the office or to pull up that missing core log.
Roll-around tables with pull-down electrical outlets allow
for laptops and other electronic devices to stay with you
while you are working. New Zeiss Stemi 2000 microscopes
with many great features also are available on request.
Two new forklifts have been added, consisting of an order-picker
with a platform for pulling core and a new electric
fork lift for use within the layout area, eliminating fumes
associated with the gas lifts. All these additions were
made possible by a generous donation from Devon Energy.
Other improvements include a new state-of-the-art fire
detection and alarm system for the safety of visitors
and staff, and a re-roofing project for the entire facility.
Three out of the ten separate roofs were completed last
Improvements Made With Customers in Mind at
Oklahoma Petroleum Information Center (OPIC)
year and another three are in progress this year which
should be completed within the next couple of months.
Usage at the OPIC facility is steadily increasing as compa-nies
are realizing the amount of data and materials that
are available for use and the wide variety of core prepara-tion
services offered. This past year, 32 companies from
across the region utilized our core and cuttings collections
for exploration research. Seven United States Universities
and one from as far away as Australia used our collections
for both lab classes and research projects. Companies
have reserved the entire core viewing room for core work-shops
in which all 15 layout tables were full of core and

Volume 72, No. 4 • 2012
A NEWSLETTER OF THE OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The University of Oklahoma MEWBOURNE COLLEGE OF EARTH & ENERGY
Oklahoma
Geology Notes
Gene Kullmann, Vyetta Jordan, and Jonathan Green, OGS Staff
If you have not been to OPIC in a while, you will be pleas-antly
surprised. The new climate controlled layout area
with improved lighting that was designed to make core
viewing a more enjoyable experience is now available for
customers. Wi-Fi has been added, helping customers keep
in touch with the office or to pull up that missing core log.
Roll-around tables with pull-down electrical outlets allow
for laptops and other electronic devices to stay with you
while you are working. New Zeiss Stemi 2000 microscopes
with many great features also are available on request.
Two new forklifts have been added, consisting of an order-picker
with a platform for pulling core and a new electric
fork lift for use within the layout area, eliminating fumes
associated with the gas lifts. All these additions were
made possible by a generous donation from Devon Energy.
Other improvements include a new state-of-the-art fire
detection and alarm system for the safety of visitors
and staff, and a re-roofing project for the entire facility.
Three out of the ten separate roofs were completed last
Improvements Made With Customers in Mind at
Oklahoma Petroleum Information Center (OPIC)
year and another three are in progress this year which
should be completed within the next couple of months.
Usage at the OPIC facility is steadily increasing as compa-nies
are realizing the amount of data and materials that
are available for use and the wide variety of core prepara-tion
services offered. This past year, 32 companies from
across the region utilized our core and cuttings collections
for exploration research. Seven United States Universities
and one from as far away as Australia used our collections
for both lab classes and research projects. Companies
have reserved the entire core viewing room for core work-shops
in which all 15 layout tables were full of core and